How To Reinvent The G.O.P.
(New York Times, reg. required, blah blah blah) is a fascinating read, especially during the current
national convention in New York.

Gripes about the party's socially-retarded platform aside, it's interesting
to read some background about the core beliefs of the republican party,
and to try to understand what it is that George W. Bush was sent to Washington
to accomplish. I don't agree that he's worthy of reelection, but I do believe
that the underlying Republican position is one that is morally defensible.

In an Interview
with Bill Moyers, Lou Dobbs summarizes well the one thing that I'd like to
hear during one of these rah-rah conventions (from the delegates inside, or the
protesters outside):

I want to hear one of these candidates sharply and clearly say this country is about the people who live in it.